Uniindia: United Nations, Jan 13 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday extended the mandate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon from March 1 to December 31 this year.
A special UN-backed court has found two members of the Hezbollah militant organisation guilty for the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri in 2005, sentencing them to life imprisonm.
On March 10 judges of the Appeals Chamber at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon reversed the earlier acquittal of two defendants. Hassan Habib Merhi and Hussein Hassan Oneissi were found guilty on charges of terrorism and murder for their role in the 2005 assassination by bombing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. But is it enough to strengthen the tribunal’s legitimacy?
BEIRUT: The Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Thursday found Hezbollah members Hussein Oneissi and Hassan Habib Merhi guilty of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. When the verdict was announced, a number of members of the Future Movement, including party leader and former Prime minister Saad Hariri, accused